JP5256556B2 - Bill storage device, bill processing device, and bill handling device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a banknote storage device equipped in a banknote handling apparatus such as various vending machines, depositing / withdrawing apparatuses, and money changers having a function of depositing banknotes, and in particular, a reflux banknote storage and a non-reflux banknote. The present invention relates to a banknote storage apparatus, a banknote processing apparatus, and a banknote handling apparatus that realize the operation of storing banknotes introduced into storages in respective storage spaces by the operation of one storage means.

A banknote handling device with a deposit function for receiving inserted banknotes and a withdrawal function for dispensing banknotes as change or withdrawal is equipped in banknote handling devices such as various vending machines, deposit and withdrawal devices, and money changers. The banknote handling apparatus is equipped with a banknote storage apparatus for storing inserted banknotes.
6 (a) and 6 (b) are diagrams showing a schematic configuration and operation of a conventional banknote storage device, where (a) is a state in which the lift storage member is lowered, and (b) is a lift storage member. Indicates a rising state.
The banknote storage device 100 includes a reflux-type banknote storage 101, a non-reflux banknote storage 110 disposed above the reflux-type banknote storage 101, a reflux banknote storage and a non-reflux banknote storage. And a banknote transport path 130 for sorting and transporting. The banknote storage device 100 is provided in the banknote processing apparatus 140. The banknote handling apparatus 140 includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 141, a banknote recognition apparatus 142, a banknote transport path 143, and the like.

  The reflux-type banknote storage 101 has a banknote introduction / discharge port 102 provided with a transport member (transport belt, roller) that rotates forward and backward in order to introduce or pay out a low-priced banknote (for example, a thousand yen banknote) P1 to be paid out as change. And can be raised and lowered to load the low-priced bill P1 introduced from the bill introduction / discharge port 102, and is supported upward and downward above the loading table 103. The guide piece pair (fork) 120 that holds the lower surfaces of both edges in the width direction of the bill that has been introduced and the upper side of the low-value bill P1 introduced from the bill introduction / discharge port 102 are regulated and stacked on the guide piece pair 120. , And a paper which is transferred onto the stacking table 103 beyond the pair of guide pieces by relatively pushing down the intermediate portion of the banknote held at both edges in the width direction by the guide piece pair 120. A guide 104; a payout roller 105 rotatably supported by the bill guide 104; and a drive source for driving the guide 104; It is configured to be able to pay out from the storage to the outside of the storage. The banknote guide 104 is pivotally supported by a shaft 104a provided at the front so as to be rotatable.

The non-reflux type banknote storage 110 is a banknote provided with a conveying member (conveying belt, roller) that is rotationally driven to introduce a high-priced banknote (for example, 5,000 yen banknote, 10,000 yen banknote) P2 that is not used as change. An inlet 111, two lower holding members 106 that are fixedly arranged above the bill guide 104 and that hold the bottom surfaces of both ends in the width direction of the high-priced bill P <b> 2 introduced from the bill introduction port, and above each lower holding member 106 Two upper holding members 107 fixedly arranged in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval, and a weight member 108 for holding the upper surface of a high-priced banknote supported on the upper holding member 107 at both lower surfaces in the width direction by its own weight, It has.
A storage arm 122 is integrated with the upper end of the connecting piece 121 that rises from the back of the bill introduction direction of the guide piece pair 120 (the right end in the figure) so as to overhang the guide piece pair. The elevating storage member 123 is formed in a U-shape. The lifting / lowering storage member 123 is driven by a drive mechanism including a cam member 124b having one end fixed to the output shaft 124a of the motor 124 and a crankshaft 124c pivotally supported by the other end of the cam member 124b. It is driven up and down.
The storage arm 122 has a shape capable of pushing up an intermediate portion of a high-priced bill held while passing through the gap between the lower holding members 106 and the gap between the upper holding members 107 when raised.
In the process of raising and lowering the U-shaped elevating member 123 while maintaining a horizontal posture, the bill guide 104 pushes the bills 104 on the lower guide piece pair 120 onto the stacking base 103, and performs the operation of transferring, The upper storage arm 122 performs an operation of transferring the large bill P2 on the lower holding member 106 onto the upper holding member 107.

In the state of FIG. 6A, the lifting and lowering storage member 123 is in the lowest lowered position, the pair of guide pieces 120 are pressed against the stacking base 103, and the low-value bill P1 introduced from the bill introduction / discharge port 102 is guided. It is held on one pair 120. When the guide pair piece 120 is raised by a predetermined distance, the lower surface of the banknote guide 104 comes into pressure contact with the intermediate portion in the width direction of the low-value banknote, and when the guide piece pair 120 is further raised, the low-value banknote is deformed and is lowered from the gap of the guide piece pair. And is transferred onto the loading table 103. Thus, stroke S1 which the raising / lowering storage member 123 moves when implementing the operation | movement which accommodates a banknote in the reflux type banknote storage 101 becomes the range as shown in FIG.6 (b).
Next, FIG. 6B shows a state in which the elevating storage member 123 is at the highest position and the high-price banknote P2 on the lower holding member 106 is being transferred onto the upper holding member 107. When the high-price banknote P2 is introduced into the high-price banknote storage unit from the banknote introduction port 111, the storage arm 122 is positioned below the lower holding member 106, but the high-price banknote is held on the lower holding member 106. When the storage arm 122 starts to rise and sequentially raises the gap between the lower holding members 106 and the gap between the upper holding members 107, the lower surface of the middle portion in the width direction of the large bill is pushed up. For this reason, the large amount bill is pushed up above the upper holding member 107 while being deformed (state of FIG. 6B). After the large bill has completely passed through the upper holding member 107, the storage arm 122 is lowered and retracted below the lower holding member 106. Thus, in order to implement | achieve the operation | movement which accommodates a banknote in the non-reflux type | formula banknote storage 110, the storage arm 122 should just move the range of the stroke S2 shown in FIG.6 (b).

However, since the conventional storage arm 122 has a fixed integral structure with the guide piece pair 120, it is between the lowest position shown in FIG. 6 (a) and the highest position shown in FIG. 6 (b). There is a problem that the distance of the apparatus becomes longer and the height of the apparatus becomes larger. That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, there is a problem that the apparatus height is increased by the amount of dead space S3 that is not directly involved in the bill storing operation between the strokes S1 and S2.
That is, the stroke S1 in which the guide piece pair 120 moves up and down in order to implement the storing operation of the low-value banknotes in the reflux-type banknote storage 101 is set at the lowermost position of the guide piece pair 120 when the low-value banknote P1 is introduced. Since it is set sufficiently lower than the introduction unit 102 and can be held without any trouble even when a plurality of banknotes are introduced, the storage arm 122 is used to store a large amount of banknotes in the non-reflux type banknote storage 110. Becomes longer than the stroke S2 that moves up and down. In other words, the storage arm 122 can perform an operation of storing a large amount of bills with a shorter stroke than the guide piece pair 120. However, the storage arm 122 integrated with the guide piece pair 120 moves up and down by the same stroke as that of the guide piece pair during the storing operation of the low-priced banknote by the guide piece pair 120, so that there is sufficient space between both strokes S1 and S2. It is necessary to secure S3. Further, when paying out the stored low-value banknotes as change, the guide piece pair 120 is raised from the lowermost position so as to press the uppermost surface of the accumulated low-value banknotes against the feeding roller 105 and above the lower introduction portion 102. Both strokes S1 and S2 so that the storage arm 122 does not enter the non-refluxing banknote storage 110 when it is stopped at the intermediate position of the banknote and does not interfere with the expensive banknotes held on the upper holding member 107. A dead space S3 is provided between them.
In patent document 1, when storing a banknote in a recirculation | reflux type banknote storage part and a non-reflux type | formula banknote storage part, a separate storage member is raised / lowered separately, and a relative stroke amount is ensured and space saving is achieved. However, since the two storage members are individually operated, the mechanism is complicated, which causes an increase in cost.
JP 2000-65546 A

In the banknote storage apparatus in which the non-reflux type banknote storage is arranged above the reflux type banknote storage as described above, when the banknote storage operation is performed using the common lifting storage member, the reflux type Between the stroke range required for the storing operation on the banknote storage side and the stroke range required for the storing operation on the non-reflux storage side, the storage arm is on the non-reflux storage side during the payout operation on the reflux type storage side. There is a problem in that the height of the entire apparatus increases due to the formation of a dead space for preventing interference.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and a reflux banknote storage and a non-reflux banknote using a common lifting and lowering storage member while keeping the overall height of the apparatus low without increasing the number of parts and increasing the cost. It aims at providing the banknote storage apparatus, banknote processing apparatus, and banknote handling apparatus which can implement smoothly the banknote storage operation | movement with respect to a storage.

  In order to achieve the above object, a banknote storage device according to the invention of claim 1 includes a reflux-type banknote storage, a non-reflux-type banknote storage disposed above the reflux-type banknote storage, and the reflux-type banknote. A bill storage device comprising a bill introduction / discharge port of a storage, a bill introduction port of the non-reflux banknote storage, and a bill transport path for sorting and transporting bills, wherein the reflux bill storage is A banknote introduction / discharge port, a vertically movable lower stacking table for loading banknotes, and a width direction of the banknotes supported from above and below the stacking table and introduced from the banknote introducing / discharging port A pair of guide pieces for holding the lower surfaces of both edges, a bill guide for transferring the information on the stacking base by relatively pushing down an intermediate portion of the bill held by the pair of guide pieces when the pair of guide pieces is raised, Rotation supported by banknote guide The non-refluxing banknote storage is provided with lower surfaces of both ends in the width direction of the banknote fixedly disposed above the banknote guide and introduced from the banknote inlet. Two lower holding members to be held, and two upper holding members fixedly arranged above the respective lower holding members at a predetermined interval, respectively, and the back part in the bill introduction direction of the pair of guide pieces Is provided with a connecting piece that extends upward, and a storage arm that is connected to the connecting piece via a pivotal support that is rotatable at the back is disposed above the pair of guide pieces. The storage arm has a shape that moves up and down in conjunction with the raising and lowering of the pair of guide pieces via the shaft support portion, and can pass through the gap between the lower holding members and the gap between the upper holding members when raised. The guide piece pair is the lowest When the storage arm is in the position, the storage arm is inclined upward with the shaft support portion as a center, and is positioned below the lower holding member, and the storage arm is moved as the guide piece pair rises. When the banknote introduced from the banknote inlet is present on each lower holding member, the middle part of the banknote is pushed up. Transferring onto the upper holding member.

Conventionally, in a banknote storage device in which a non-reflux banknote storage is disposed above a reflux banknote storage, when a banknote storage operation is performed using a common lifting storage member, The storage arm interferes with the non-reflux storage side during the payout operation on the return-type storage side between the stroke range required for the storage side on the storage side and the stroke range required for the storage operation on the non-reflux side storage side. Therefore, it is necessary to form a dead space for preventing this, and the overall height of the apparatus is increased due to this dead space. On the other hand, in the present invention, the storage arm that performs the banknote storing operation in the non-refluxing banknote storage can be turned up and down with respect to the guide piece pair used when the storing operation is performed in the refluxing banknote storage. As a result, the horizontal position is maintained when the storage arm is raised and the banknote storage operation is performed in the non-reflux type banknote storage. The shaft support side of the arm descends in advance and the front end side remains upward. For this reason, without providing a dead space, the storage arm does not interfere with the non-reflux type banknote storage when the guide piece pair performs a storage operation in the reflux type banknote storage. For this reason, the total height of the apparatus can be lowered.
A banknote handling apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes the banknote storage apparatus according to the first aspect.
A banknote handling apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized by including the banknote handling apparatus according to the second aspect.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the banknote storage device in which the non-reflux type banknote storage is disposed above the reflux type banknote storage, the banknote storage operation is performed using the common lifting storage member. Even if it is a case, the stroke range of the raising / lowering storage member in the reflux type storage side and the stroke range of the raising / lowering storage member in the non-reflux type storage side can be directly and continuously arranged without interposing a dead space. Therefore, the height of the device can be reduced.

Hereinafter, the bill storage device (banknote processing device) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
1A and 1B are diagrams showing a schematic configuration and operation of a banknote storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. b) shows a state in which the elevating storage member is raised. 2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c) are enlarged front views respectively showing a lowest lowered state, an intermediate state (feeding state), and a highest raised state of the lifting / lowering storage member in the banknote storage device, and FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating the configuration and operation of the elevating and lowering storage member, and FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C are perspective views illustrating the storing operation in the non-reflux type banknote storage. 5A, 5B, and 5C are a perspective view showing a configuration of a bill guide, a perspective view showing a configuration of a lower holding member, and a perspective view showing a configuration of an upper holding member.
The banknote processing apparatus 1 provided with the banknote storage apparatus 10 is equipped in banknote handling apparatuses, such as various vending machines, depositing / withdrawing apparatuses, and money changers.
The banknote storage device 10 has a function of storing a low-value banknote (for example, a thousand yen banknote) P1 or a function of storing it as a change, and a non-refluxing system disposed above the reflux-type banknote storage 11. The banknote conveyance path 50 which distributes and conveys a banknote to the banknote introduction storage 20 and the banknote introduction discharge port 11a of the reflux type banknote storage 11 and the banknote introduction opening 20a of the non-reflux type banknote storage 20 is provided.
The banknote storage device 10 is provided in the banknote processing apparatus 1. The banknote handling apparatus 1 includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 2, a banknote recognition apparatus 3, a banknote transport path 4, and the like.

The reflux-type banknote storage 11 includes a banknote introduction / discharge port 11a provided with a transport member (a transport belt, a roller) that rotates forward and backward in order to introduce or pay out a low-priced banknote (for example, a thousand yen banknote) P1 to be paid out as change. And can be raised and lowered to load the low-priced banknote P1 introduced from the banknote introduction / discharge port 11a, and is supported upwardly and vertically by the stacking base 12 biased upward by an elastic member (not shown), and The guide piece pair (fork) 30 that holds the lower surface of both edges in the width direction of the banknote introduced from the banknote introduction / discharge port, and the middle part of the banknote held in the width direction by the guide piece pair 30 are relatively pushed down. A bill guide 13 that is transferred onto the stacking table 12 beyond the pair of guide pieces, a feeding roller 14 that is rotatably supported and rotated by the apparatus main body, and a drive source that drives them. The provided are paid out can be configured from the banknote introduction outlet 11a to repository outside by feed rollers 14 a small amount bills on the stacking table 12. The banknote guide 13 is rotatably supported by a main body of a shaft portion 13a provided at the front portion.
The guide piece pair 30 has a configuration in which two long guide pieces as shown in FIG. 3 are arranged in parallel, and the gap between the two guide pieces is dimensioned so that the bill guide 13 can pass therethrough. Is set. Moreover, the banknote guide 13 has a structure as shown to Fig.5 (a).

The non-reflux type banknote storage 20 is a banknote provided with a conveying member (conveying belt, roller) that is rotationally driven in order to introduce a high-priced banknote (for example, 5,000 yen banknote, 10,000 yen banknote) P2 that is not used as change. An inlet 20a, two lower holding members 21 that are fixedly arranged above the banknote guide 13 and that hold the bottom surfaces of both ends in the width direction of the high-value banknote P2 introduced from the banknote inlet 20a, and the lower holding members 21 Two upper holding members 22 that are fixedly arranged at predetermined intervals above, and a weight member 23 that holds the upper surface of a high-priced banknote supported on the upper holding member 22 at both bottom surfaces in the width direction by its own weight. I have.
The lower holding member 21 has a configuration in which two long members are passed in parallel as shown in FIG. 5B, and is dimensioned so that the storage arm 33 can pass through the gap between the two long members. ing. Further, as shown in FIG. 5C, the upper holding member 22 has a structure in which two rod-shaped members having a circular cross section are passed in parallel, and a storage arm 33 (to be described later) passes through a gap between the rod-shaped members. Dimensioned to get.

A connecting piece 31 extending upward is provided at the back of the guide piece pair 30 in the bill introduction direction, and the connecting piece 31 is connected to an upper position of the guide piece pair via a pivotal support part 32 that is rotatable at the back. A storage arm 33 connected to 31 is disposed. The guide piece pair 30, the connecting piece 31, the shaft support portion 32, and the storage arm 33 constitute an elevating storage member 35.
The storage arm 33 moves up and down in conjunction with the lifting and lowering of the guide piece pair 30 via the shaft support portion 32 and has a shape that can pass through the gap between the lower holding members 21 and the gap between the upper holding members 22 when raised. Yes. Further, the storage arm 33 has a shape capable of pushing up an intermediate portion of the high-priced banknote held while passing through the gap between the lower holding members 21 and the gap between the upper holding members 22 when raised.

In the state of FIG. 1A and FIG. 2A, the lifting and lowering storage member 35 is in the lowest lowered position, and the guide piece pair 30 is in pressure contact with the stacking base 12, and has been introduced from the bill introduction / discharge port 11a. The low-value bill P1 is held on the guide piece pair 30. When the guide pair 30 is raised by a predetermined distance, the lower surface of the banknote guide 13 comes into pressure contact with the intermediate portion in the width direction of the low-value banknote, and when the guide piece pair 30 is further raised, the low-value banknote is deformed and is lowered from the gap between the guide piece pairs. And is transferred onto the loading table 12 (FIG. 2C). Thus, when the operation | movement which accommodates a banknote in the reflux type banknote storage 11 is implemented, the stroke S1 to which the raising / lowering storage member 35 moves becomes the range as shown in FIG.1 (b).
As shown in FIG. 2A, when the large bill P2 is introduced from the bill introduction port 20a into the large bill storage section, the guide piece pair 30 is at the lowest position, and the storage arm 33 is centered on the pivot support section 32. As shown in FIG. 2 (b). As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the storage arm 33 is raised as the guide piece pair 30 is raised. Rises (turns upward) with the tip as a fulcrum. Then, after reaching the position immediately below each lower holding member 21, the horizontal posture is reached, and the position rises to the position shown in FIG. At this time, when a large amount of bills introduced from the bill introduction port is placed on each lower holding member, the storage arm 33 sequentially raises the gap between the lower holding members 21 and the gap between the upper holding members 22. This pushes up the lower surface of the middle part in the width direction of the large amount bill. For this reason, the large amount banknote is pushed up above the upper holding member 22 while being deformed (state of FIG. 1B). After the large bill has completely passed through the upper holding member 22, the storage arm 33 is lowered and retracted below the lower holding member 21. In the state of FIG. 1B and FIG. 2B, the large bill P <b> 2 is sandwiched between the weight 23 and the storage arm 33. Thus, the stroke S2 that the storage arm 33 moves to realize the operation of storing the banknotes in the non-reflux type banknote storage 20 is in the range shown in FIG. 1B.

In the feeding state shown in FIG. 2 (b) (the banknote introduction / discharge port 11a and the uppermost surface of the low-priced banknote P1 on the stacking base 12, that is, the bottom surface of the guide piece pair 30 are substantially the same height) By rotating the roller 14, the low-price banknotes P1 on the stacking table 12 can be paid out one by one from the top. At this time, the storage arm 33 does not cross the upper holding member 22 and is almost horizontal immediately below it. The posture is not maintained and unnecessary interference with the high-price banknote P2 is not made. That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, the stroke S1 of the guide piece pair 30 in the storing operation in the reflux-type banknote storage and the stroke S2 of the storage arm 33 in the storing operation in the non-refluxing-type banknote storage. There is almost no dead space between them corresponding to S3 in FIG. For this reason, it becomes possible to reduce apparatus height.
The storage arm 33 is inclined upward at the lowest position shown in FIGS. 1A and 2A. However, when the stopper 32a provided on the shaft support portion 32 comes into contact with the connecting piece 31, it moves up and down. Even if the storage member 35 moves up beyond the position shown in FIG. 2B, the storage arm 33 cannot rotate downward beyond the horizontal posture shown in FIG. A horizontal posture can be maintained in the storage 20. When the elevating storage member 35 shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a) is lowered, the rear end portion of the storage arm (the shaft support portion 32) is lowered to the illustrated position, but the front end portion of the storage arm 33 is the device. Since it cannot be rotated further downward by coming into contact with the engaging portion 11b provided on the main body side, the storage arm has a posture in which the front end portion is inclined upward as a whole.

The lift housing member 35 is, for example, a drive composed of a cam member 42 having one end fixed to the output shaft 41 of the motor 40 and a crankshaft 43 pivotally supported by the other end of the cam member 42. It is driven up and down by the mechanism. The configuration of this drive mechanism is only an example, and any configuration may be used.
In the process in which the elevating / lowering member 35 is moved up and down, the bill guide 13 pushes and transfers the low-priced banknote on the lower guide piece pair 30 that is always maintained in a horizontal posture onto the stacking base 12, The upper storage arm 33 that can move up and down about 32 performs the operation of transferring the high-priced banknote P2 on the lower holding member 21 onto the upper holding member 22. Thus, by realizing each banknote storage operation in the reflux-type banknote storage 11 and the non-reflux-type banknote storage 20 by the single lifting / lowering storage member 35, the drive source does not increase.
The banknote storage apparatus of the present invention can be applied to a banknote processing apparatus having a depositing function for receiving inserted banknotes and a dispensing function for dispensing banknotes as change or withdrawal. The banknote handling apparatus can be applied to banknote handling apparatuses such as various vending machines, deposit / withdrawal apparatuses, and money changers.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure and operation | movement of the banknote storage apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is the figure which showed the state which the raising / lowering storage member is falling, (b) is the raising / lowering storage member It is the figure which showed the state which is rising. (A) (b) And (c) is an enlarged front view which shows the lowest-lowering state of the raising / lowering storage member in a banknote storage apparatus, an intermediate | middle state (feeding-out state), and the highest-up state, respectively. (A) And (b) is a structure and operation | movement explanatory drawing of a raising / lowering storage member. (A) (b) And (c) is a perspective view which shows the accommodation operation | movement in a non-reflux type banknote storage. (A) (b) And (c) is a perspective view which shows the structure of a banknote guide, the perspective view which shows the structure of a lower holding member, and the perspective view which shows the structure of an upper holding member. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote processing apparatus, 2 ... Deposit / withdrawal part, 3 ... Banknote identification apparatus, 4 ... Banknote conveyance path, 10 ... Banknote storage apparatus, 11 ... Reflux-type banknote storage, 11a ... Banknote introduction discharge port, 11b ... Locking part , 12 ... loading table, 13 ... banknote guide, 13a ... shaft part, 14 ... feeding roller, 20 ... non-reflux type banknote storage, 20a ... banknote inlet, 21 ... lower holding member, 22 ... upper holding member, 30 ... Guide pair piece 31 ... Connecting piece 32 ... Shaft support 32a ... Stopper 33 ... Storage arm 35 ... Lifting storage member 40 ... Motor 41 ... Output shaft 42 ... Cam member 43 ... Crankshaft 50 ... Banknote transport path

Claims (3)

A reflux-type banknote storage; and a non-reflux-type banknote storage disposed above the reflux-type banknote storage;
A banknote storage device comprising a banknote conveyance path for distributing and transporting banknotes to a banknote introduction / discharge port of the reflux type banknote storage and a banknote introduction port of the non-reflux banknote storage;
The reflux-type banknote storage includes the banknote introduction / discharge port, a lower stacker that can be raised and lowered to load banknotes, and an upwardly biased lower stacker, and is supported to be raised and lowered above the stacker and the banknote introduction / discharge port. A pair of guide pieces that hold the lower surfaces of both edges in the width direction of the banknotes introduced from the upper side of the banknotes, and when the guide piece pairs are raised, the middle part of the banknotes held by the pair of guide pieces A bill guide to be transferred to and a feeding roller rotatably supported by the bill guide,
The non-reflux type banknote storage includes the banknote inlet, and two lower holding members that are fixedly arranged above the banknote guide and hold both bottom surfaces in the width direction of the banknote introduced from the banknote inlet. Two upper holding members fixedly arranged at predetermined intervals above each lower holding member,
A connecting piece extending upward is provided at the back of the guide piece pair in the bill introduction direction,
A storage arm that is connected to the connecting piece via a pivotal support that is rotatable at the back is disposed above the guide piece pair.
The storage arm moves up and down in conjunction with the lifting and lowering of the pair of guide pieces via the shaft support portion, and has a shape capable of passing through the gap between the lower holding members and the gap between the upper holding members when raised. Is,
When the pair of guide pieces is at the lowest position, the storage arm is inclined upward with the shaft support portion as a center, and is positioned below the lower holding member,
The storage arm rises as the pair of guide pieces rises, takes a horizontal posture after passing through the gap between the lower holding members, and is introduced from the bill introduction port onto the lower holding members. When a banknote exists, the intermediate part of the banknote is pushed up and transferred onto the upper holding member.   A banknote handling apparatus comprising the banknote storage apparatus according to claim 1.   A banknote handling apparatus comprising the banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2.

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